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Punch, a seven-month-old macaque at a Japanese zoo, was rejected by his mother and ignored by his troop, so keepers gave him an IKEA stuffed orangutan for comfort — and the video of him clinging to that plushie went so viral that the toy sold out worldwide within days.
Merlin is a pet duck whose owner fitted him with a custom green Mexico jersey and tiny custom socks, and after strutting through World Cup celebrations on Mexico City's Reforma Avenue he became more famous than the official team mascot and eventually got an audience with the president.
Cheesecake, a pet capybara at @darkwingswildlife, figured out that the optimal time to sneak inside and claim the living room sofa is precisely when her housemate Pumpkin is still asleep in bed — and her owner caught the whole early-morning operation on camera.
Neil is a southern elephant seal who makes a twice-yearly tour of Tasmanian beach towns, and this summer's visit has included picking fights with parked cars and smashing through traffic barriers with total indifference — all while accumulating a TikTok following that outnumbers Tasmania's entire human population.
Jimothy is a Seattle raccoon with short-spine syndrome — a compressed round body, legs that are somehow too long, and no tail — who got filmed scurrying across a lawn and immediately racked up six million views, because once you see Jimothy, you simply cannot look away.
